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what is the hotest part of the rainbow


rosemary11  Thurs 17/07/08 16:09
squarebear
Thurs 17/07/08
16:20
It's just a display of light and doesn't have a temperature.
R1Geezer
Thurs 17/07/08
16:28
definately the red bit, I mean that blue is obviously bl00dy freezing.
Teddio
Thurs 17/07/08
16:42
The region nearest the ground is likely to be warmest as the air temperature usually decreases with altitude.

squarebear
Thurs 17/07/08
16:43
But it's just a light display. How could it have temperature?

Unless I'm very much mistaken.
R1Geezer
Thurs 17/07/08
17:01
depends what is meant by rainbow, the actual bow is light formed from the sun shined through raindrops and as such is a light show, massless and therefore temperature less as squarbear says. Perhaps the questioner means the arc of raindrops being utilised in this way, in that case I'd say definately the red bits, err know sorry the bit's nearest the big yellow alligator, err sorry croc of gold err even the ground as teddio suggests.

rosemary please be more specific!
niceboy
Thurs 17/07/08
20:34
The bit where the wicked witch's broom catches fire.
xxconfusedxx
Thurs 17/07/08
21:10
wtf? isnt a rainbow just refracted light? therefore having no temperature. and since light has no temperature there is no hottest part or coldest for that matter. i could be wrong though lol.
mibn2cweus
Fri 18/07/08
04:36
                                                  ?
Rev. Green
Mon 21/07/08
10:08
Blue/violet light is formed from hotter i.e. more energetic photons than red light. These do have mass, but not rest mass.
abyss43
Wed 23/07/08
07:34
somewhere in the range -80C to +80C
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